schemic heart disease: the impact of otorhinolaryngological pathology on the patients’ quality of life

Assessment of the quality of life is a simple and reliable method for assessing the general well-being of a person, which is useful in assessing the clinical and social effectiveness of various methods of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.
Objective. To determine the impact of chronic pathology of the ear, pharynx, nose and larynx on the quality of life of patients suffering from chronic ischemic heart disease.
Material and methods. The study involved 103 patients who were hospitalized in the healthcare institution “4th City Clinical Hospital named after N.E. Savchenko” of Minsk. The survey was conducted using the general questionnaire SF-36. The inclusion criteria for the study were chronic ischemic heart disease and chronic otolaryngological pathology. Results. Chronic diseases of the ear, throat, nose and larynx in combination with chronic ischemic heart disease have a significant impact on the quality of human life, causing a decrease in the value of the integral indicator of the physical component of health to 64.7±13.2 and the psychological component of health to 60.1±13.1. The most significant emotional impact on the quality of life of a person is provided by the combination of chronic ischemic heart disease with chronic pharyngeal pathology, which is confirmed by the maximum gap between the indicators of the physical component of health (75.2 ± 10.3) and psychological (62.2±13.7), which amounted to 13 points.
Conclusion. Chronic diseases of the nose and paranasal sinuses have the most significant negative impact on the quality of life of patients with chronic ischemic heart disease (PH – 60.2±13.8, MH – 51.3±11.7), namely, chronic polypous rhinosinusitis (PH – 61.0±11.2, MH – 50.3±10.6) and chronic purulent rhinosinusitis (PH – 57.1±13.6, MH – 47.6±13.1).

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